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Teiki Mathieu Baillan surfing a self-made Alaya surfboard in Macaroni, Mentawaï, Indonesia. Photo by C. Naslain, 2009.
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Oahu
USA, Hawaii
Oahu is, with the other Hawaiian Islands the home of surfing. Beyond this, it is also the home to some of the worlds best and most famous surf spots. The North shore is packed with familiar names, Pipeline and Backdoor, Off the Wall, Log Cabins, Sunset and Waimea Bay. When the big winter swells come in, the worlds best surfers head here. The south of the island is also a surfers dream with many many class breaks. Unfortunately, due to its image and consequent popularity, Oahu is one of the most crowded and 'localised' places to surf. Show a bad attitude, and you may not even want to get back into the water.
Seasonal swell & wind variations:
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| Water temp. | 24°C | 24°C | 25°C | 26°C | 27°C | 25°C |
| Air temp. | 24°C | 25°C | 26°C | 26°C | 28°C | 26°C |
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Seasonal swell & wind variations
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Surf Spots
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Quality | Direction | Type | Frequ | Experience |
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| Abalolo Reef | 1 / - | 
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Right | Reef-coral | 
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Experienced surfers | |
| Ala Moana Bowls | 19 / 1 |
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Right and left | Reef-coral |
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Experienced surfers | |
| Ala Moana Courts | - / - |
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Right and left | Reef-coral | 
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All surfers | |
| Aligator Rock | 3 / - | Right and left | Reef-coral | Experienced surfers | |||
| Avalanche Oahu | - / - |
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Left | Reef-coral | 
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Experienced surfers | |
| Baby Haleiwa's | - / - |
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Right | Reef-coral |
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Experienced surfers | |
| Baby Makapuu | 1 / - |
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Left | Reef-rocky |
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All surfers | |
| Backdoor | 11 / 2 |
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Right | Reef-coral |
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Experienced surfers | |
| Barber's Point - Coast Guard Jetty | 3 / - |
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Right and left | Reef-coral |
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Experienced surfers | |
| Bellows | 2 / - |
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Right and left | Sand-bar |
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Beginners wave | |
| Bomboras | 8 / - |
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Left | Reef-coral |
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Experienced surfers | |
| Canoe's | 5 / - |
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Right and left | Reef-coral |
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All surfers | |
| China walls | 18 / - |
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Left | Point-break |
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Pros or kamikaze only... | |
| Chuns Reef | 4 / - |
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Right and left | Reef-rocky |
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Experienced surfers | |
| Cliffs | 8 / - |
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Right and left | Reef-coral |
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All surfers | |
| Concessions | 1 / - | Right and left | Reef-coral |
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Experienced surfers | ||
| Cromwells | 3 / - | Right and left | Reef-rocky | All surfers | |||
| Daves Backyard | - / - |
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Right and left | Reef-rocky |
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All surfers | |
| Dune Circle | - / - |
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Right and left | Beach-break |
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All surfers | |
| Ehukai | 12 / - |
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Right and left | Sand-bar |
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All surfers | |
| First hole | - / - | Right and left | Reef-coral |
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Experienced surfers | ||
| Flies (incinerators) | 4 / - |
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Right and left | Reef-coral |
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Experienced surfers | |
| Fort Hase's | - / - | Right and left | Reef-coral |
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All surfers | ||
| Goat Island | 1 / - | Right and left | Reef-coral |
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Experienced surfers | ||
| Graters | - / - |
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Right | Reef-coral |
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Experienced surfers | |
| Graveyards | 2 / - | Left | Reef-coral |
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Experienced surfers | ||
| Green Lanterns | 2 / - | Right |
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Experienced surfers | |||
| Haleiwa | 5 / - |
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Right and left | Reef-rocky |
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Experienced surfers | |
| Himalayas | 1 / - | Right and left | Reef-coral | 
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Pros or kamikaze only... | ||
| In Betweens | 1 / - |
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Right and left | Reef-rocky |
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All surfers | |
| Irmas | 3 / - | Right and left | Reef-rocky | Experienced surfers | |||
| Jockos Point | 1 / - |
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Left | Point-break |
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Pros or kamikaze only... | |
| Kabanas | - / - | Right and left | Beach-break |
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All surfers | ||
| Kaisers | 23 / - |
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Right and left | Reef-coral | Experienced surfers | ||
| Kalama | 1 / - |
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Right and left | Beach-break |
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All surfers | |
| Kammieland | - / - |
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Right and left | Reef-coral | All surfers | ||
| Kewalo's | 8 / - |
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Right and left | Reef-coral |
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Experienced surfers | |
| ko olinas | - / - |
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Right | Reef-coral |
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Experienced surfers | |
| kualoa point (the point, kualoa valley) | - / - |
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Right and left | Reef-coral |
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All surfers | |
| Lahilahi Point | 5 / - | Left | Point-break | Experienced surfers | |||
| Laniakea | 1 / - |
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Right and left | Reef-rocky |
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All surfers | |
| Lanikai Reef | - / - | Right and left | Reef-coral |
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All surfers | ||
| Leftovers | 5 / - | Left | Reef-rocky |
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Experienced surfers | ||
| Log Cabins | - / 1 |
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Right and left | Reef-rocky |
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Experienced surfers | |
| Lots | - / - | Right and left | Reef-rocky |
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All surfers | ||
| Magic Island | 3 / - | Reef-coral |
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Experienced surfers | |||
| Makaha | 9 / - |
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Right | Reef-coral |
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Experienced surfers | |
| Makapuu | 16 / - |
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Right and left | Experienced surfers | |||
| Makapuu Beach | 2 / - |
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Right and left | Beach-break |
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All surfers | |
| Malaekahana7 | - / - | Right and left | Beach-break |
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Experienced surfers | ||
| Mokuleia | 2 / - | Right and left | Reef-coral |
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Experienced surfers | ||
| Nanakuli Blackrocks | - / - |
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Left |
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Experienced surfers | ||
| Nanakuli tracks | 1 / - |
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Right and left | Reef-coral |
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All surfers | |
| North Beach Pyramid Rock | 44 / - |
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Right and left | Reef-coral | All surfers | ||
| Off the Wall | 6 / - | Right and left | Reef-rocky |
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Experienced surfers | ||
| Oils | - / - | Right and left | Reef-rocky |
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| Oneula | 1 / - | Right and left | Reef-rocky |
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All surfers | ||
| Our house | - / - | Right and left | Reef-coral | All surfers | |||
| Outer Log Cabins | 2 / - | Right | Reef-rocky |
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Pros or kamikaze only... | ||
| Paradise | - / - |
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Right and left | Don't know |
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All surfers | |
| Parthenos Cliffs | 2 / - | Right | Reef-coral |
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Experienced surfers | ||
| Pierson's | - / - |
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Right and left | Reef-coral |
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Experienced surfers | |
| Pipeline | 63 / 2 |
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Left | Reef-coral |
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Pros or kamikaze only... | |
| Point Panic | 6 / - | Right | Reef-coral | All surfers | |||
| Point Panics | 8 / - | Right and left | Reef-coral |
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Experienced surfers | ||
| Popoia Island | - / - |
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Right and left | Reef-coral |
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All surfers | |
| Pounders | 4 / - |
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Right and left | Beach-break | Experienced surfers | ||
| Power Plant | 1 / - |
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Reef-rocky |
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| Puaena Point | 3 / - |
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Right and left | Reef-coral |
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All surfers | |
| Pupukea | 5 / - | Right | Beach-break | All surfers | |||
| Pyramid Rock | - / - |
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Right and left | Beach-break |
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Experienced surfers | |
| Queens | 10 / - |
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Right and left | Reef-coral |
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All surfers | |
| Radicals | - / - | Right | Reef-coral |
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Experienced surfers | ||
| Radz | - / - |
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Right and left | Reef-coral |
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Experienced surfers | |
| Ranches | 6 / - | Right and left | Reef-coral | Experienced surfers | |||
| Rec. Center - Pokai Bay | 2 / - |
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Right | Reef-rocky |
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All surfers | |
| Reef Runway | - / - |
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Right and left | Reef-rocky |
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Experienced surfers | |
| Rice Bowls | 2 / - |
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Experienced surfers | ||||
| Ripps Reef | - / - |
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Right and left | Reef-coral |
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Experienced surfers | |
| Rockpiles | 2 / - | Right and left | Reef-coral |
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Experienced surfers | ||
| Rocky lefts | 16 / 1 | Right and left | Reef-rocky |
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Experienced surfers | ||
| Sand Island | 3 / - |
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Right and left | Reef-rocky |
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All surfers | |
| Sandy Beach | 44 / - |
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Right and left | Beach-break |
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Experienced surfers | |
| Secrets | - / - | Right and left | Reef-coral |
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Experienced surfers | ||
| Seventh Hole | - / - | Left | Reef-coral |
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Experienced surfers | ||
| Shallows | - / - | Right and left | Point-break |
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Experienced surfers | ||
| Shorebreaks | - / - |
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Right and left | Beach-break |
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All surfers | |
| Stables | - / - | Right | Reef-coral | Experienced surfers | |||
| Sunset beach | 5 / - |
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Right | Reef-rocky |
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Experienced surfers | |
| Tankers | - / - | Right | Reef-coral |
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Experienced surfers | ||
| Three's | 4 / - |
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Right and left | Reef-coral |
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Experienced surfers | |
| Tongg's | - / - | Right and left | Reef-coral |
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All surfers | ||
| Tumbo Land | 5 / - | Left | Reef-coral |
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All surfers | ||
| Turtle Bay | 3 / - |
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Right | Reef-coral | Experienced surfers | ||
| Turtles | 1 / - |
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Right and left | Reef-coral |
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Experienced surfers | |
| Turtles reef | - / - |
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Right and left | Reef-coral |
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Pros or kamikaze only... | |
| Uppers | - / - | Right and left | Reef-rocky |
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Experienced surfers | ||
| Velzy Land | 4 / - |
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Right | Reef-rocky |
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Experienced surfers | |
| Waimea Bay | 28 / 1 |
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Right | Point-break | Pros or kamikaze only... | ||
| Walls | 10 / - |
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Right | Reef-coral |
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Experienced surfers | |
| Wench | - / - | Right and left | Reef-coral |
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Experienced surfers | ||
| White Plains Beach | 13 / - |
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Right and left | Reef-coral |
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All surfers | |
| Yokohama Bay | 30 / - |
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Right and left | Beach-break |
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Experienced surfers | |
| Zombies | - / - | Left | Reef-coral |
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Experienced surfers |
Photos
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Comments
By Tim90 , 16-11-2011
spring season surfing? - hey everyone! can anyone tell me what swells I can expect for surfing between may and june on the south shore? thx a lot.
By hal e. , 11-02-2010
realty check - i just want to straighten out a few facts about haoles on the north shore: 1) first guy to surf pipeline- haole. 2) first guy to surf waimea-haole. 3) first guys to charge north shore- haole. 4) 9 time world champ- haole. lets face it. there are a few good hawaiin surfers out there, but most of the locals were, and are to lazy to really take the initiative to pioneer big waves on the north shore. wolfpak? what a joke. bunch of iced out gangsters . so what if they know martial arts. who won the eddie this year? haole. im not racist or anything, just pointing out some facts for all you proud hawaiins out there
By Michael Birrer , 03-08-2009
car pooling in Oahu - thanks for the encouraging words Quinn. It is nice to think that Oahu is not a Surfers Paradise Lost like so many other places I have seen. Sure I have even been to Sunset and I did not find it too bad. I did not try Pipe though. Anyways, surfing crew I am thinking of returning once again to Rainbow Country and am looking for any people looking to carpool with me from Waikiki to the North Shore and other surfing spots. Maybe in December and definitely for 2 months. Tourists and locals are welcome in my car especially chicks as long as you throw in for rental and gas hahahahaha mbirrer@hotmail.com
thanks
Mike
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